CN101641032A

CN101641032A - The oral care implement of oral cavity nursing agent is housed

Info

Publication number: CN101641032A
Application number: CN200880009889A
Authority: CN
Inventors: J·J·加策迈尔; B·M·拉塞尔; K·瓦格斯帕克; T·J·博伊德
Original assignee: Colgate Palmolive Co
Current assignee: Colgate Palmolive Co
Priority date: 2007-01-25
Filing date: 2008-01-23
Publication date: 2010-02-03
Anticipated expiration: 2028-01-23
Also published as: RU2416348C1; MX2009007960A; AU2008207970B2; BRPI0807420A2; CO6210786A2; CA2801869A1; CA2676400A1; CN101641032B; EP2117376A1; US20080181716A1; AU2008207970A1; TW200843669A; TWI359642B; EP2117376B1; RU2009131932A; US8075216B2; CA2676400C; WO2008091933A1

Abstract

Oral care implement can comprise the plug-in unit and the substrate of scopular, and this substrate is configured as and is defined for the cavity of placing active insert.Active insert can comprise activating agent.The head of oral care implement can so be shaped, so that active insert can be communicated with film or pore-fluid.

Description

The oral care implement of oral cavity nursing agent is housed

Invention field

[0001] the present invention relates to a kind of oral care implement, this oral care implement has the medicament that can be transferred in user's mouth, so that the oral health of enhancing is provided.

Background of invention

[0002] people show the form of many bad oral hygienes, comprising tooth erosion, periodontosis and bad implication (halitosis).Tooth erosion and periodontosis are caused by bacterium harmful in the mouth usually.When the bacterium that exists in harmful bacterium and the saliva mixes, formation one deck bacterial plaque film on tooth and soft tissue.If bacterial plaque is not removed, then this bacterial plaque may etch tooth and is produced cavity.In addition, the soft tissue in the bacterial plaque etch mouth also causes gum disease, makes adult's loss of tooth simultaneously in advance.As a result, reduce mouthful in the amount of harmful bacteria all be target for a long time the personnel of oral hygiene nursing field work.

[0003] reducing mouthful modal method of interior harmful bacteria is to brush teeth with denfifrice, and this denfifrice is transported at least a oral cavity nursing agent in the mouth.The liquid that also utilizes the oral cavity to add comprises GARG, so as to provide obtain except brushing teeth extra MC.When attempting to eliminate halitosis, also can utilize mouthwash in mouth, to carry flavorants.

[0004] regrettably, each individual always is not useful on the time of enough MCs.For example, Mang Lu people may have no time and patience brushes away floccule fully and/or use GARG.Alternatively, some people may think brush their tooth only not need not.Which kind of reason no matter, these people may stay quite a large amount of harmful bacterias in their mouth after finishing their MC program, and these bacteriums may begin to corrode tooth and gum.

[0005] therefore, need a kind of toothbrush, this toothbrush delivery of medicaments during brushing teeth is so that improve oral hygiene.

The invention summary

[0006] the invention provides a kind of oral care implement, this oral care implement has the medicament that can carry in user's mouth, so that the MC health of enhancing is provided.

[0007] situation of the present invention relates to oral care implement, and this oral care implement is transported to oral cavity nursing agent in user's the mouth by hole or perforated membrane.

[0008] in one case, oral care implement comprises head, and this head has at least a portion and so forms, so that limit one or more cavitys.At least a oral cavity nursing agent is arranged in wherein one or more of cavity, and is dispersed in when the oral cavity care agent contacts intraoral fluid or chemicals in user's the mouth.

[0009] in one case, oral care implement comprises oral care active agents, and this oral care active agents is positioned at one or more cavitys of head.Activating agent can disperse to pass tuft head plate.

[0010] in one case, oral care implement comprises oral care active agents, and this oral care active agents is positioned at one or more cavitys of head.Activating agent can disperse to pass barrier film, and this barrier film is arranged on the opposite of the head plate of scopular.

[0011] in one case, oral care implement comprises oral care active agents, and this activating agent can disperse to pass the head plate of scopular, and the head plate of described scopular has at least one hole and barrier film, and described barrier film is arranged on the opposite of the head plate of scopular.

[0012] in one case, oral care implement can be reused or disposable use.Oral care active agents together between the operating period, repeatedly discharge between the operating period or in the whole serviceable bife of utensil.Water, oral secretion and/or chemicals in mouthful can activate oral cavity nursing agent.

Brief description

[0013] Fig. 1 is the perspective view of oral care implement structure;

[0014] Fig. 2 is the view on a surface of the oral care implement of Fig. 1;

[0015] Fig. 3 illustrates the surface with the oral care implement of the relative Fig. 1 that gets of Fig. 2;

[0016] Fig. 4 A is the side view of the oral care implement of Fig. 1;

[0017] Fig. 4 B is the partial enlarged drawing of head of the oral care implement of Fig. 1;

[0018] Fig. 5 is the component drawings that the parts of the oral care implement of Fig. 4 decompose;

[0019] Fig. 6 A and 6B are the perspective views of alternative structure of the tufted insert of similar plug-in unit shown in Figure 5;

[0020] Fig. 7 is the perspective view of alternative head configuration of oral care implement;

[0021] Fig. 8 is the perspective view that the oral care implement of Fig. 7 comprises alternative head configuration of oral care active agents;

[0022] Fig. 9 is the perspective view of alternative head configuration of oral care implement;

[0023] Figure 10 is the perspective view that the oral care implement of Fig. 9 comprises alternative head configuration of active oral care agents;

[0024] Figure 11 is the perspective view of alternative structure of head plate of the scopular of oral care implement; With

[0025] Figure 12 is the side view of head plate of scopular of the oral care implement of Figure 11.

Detailed description of the invention

[0026] Fig. 1 illustrates a kind of oral care implement 1, and this oral care implement 1 has elongated handle 10 and head 20, and described head 20 is predetermined to insert in the mouth or in the oral cavity of users.Oral care implement 1 is not limited to as shown the toothbrush with explanation, but can have Any shape or structure, and implement any function, described function makes it flow to the user to oral cavity nursing agent, and the non-limitative example of other oral care implements comprises that tongue cleaner and small-sized brush, toothpick make up simultaneously.In a kind of arrangement, oral care implement can use once and abandon then, and perhaps it can reuse a period of time.Elongated handle 10 can form various shapes and various structure, and described shape and structure make oral care implement 1 be easy to be held with a firm grip and handled in user's mouth.

[0027] head 20 comprises a plurality of surfaces, and these a plurality of surfaces are exposed in mouthful inner fluid during use.In the embodiment shown in Fig. 1-3, head 20 comprises first surface 22 and opposed second surface 24.Sidewall 26 extends between surface 22,24.Oral care elements 30 is 20 surface 22 from the head, one of them of 24 or the two extension, this oral care elements 30 can comprise that cleaning of teeth element 35 as elongated bristle or elastomer refer to, perhaps soft tissue cleaning element such as tongue cleaning device (not shown), described soft tissue cleaning device from the

surface

22,24 the two one of extend.

[0028] oral care elements 30 disclosed herein is not limited to above-mentioned those.Oral care elements comprises " cleaning of teeth element " or " cleaning element ", this cleaning element can comprise the structure of any kind, and described structure is generally used or is suitable for use when MC benefit (cleaning of teeth, tooth polishing, dental whitening, massage, stimulation etc.) is provided by forming contact with the part of tooth and gum.This cleaning of teeth element includes but not limited to the two the combination of tufts of bristles, elastomer cleaning device or tufts of bristles and elastomer cleaning device, above-mentioned tufts of bristles can form has many different shape and size, and above-mentioned elastomer cleaning device can form has many different shape and size.

[0029] as Fig. 4 A, shown in the 4B and 5, the head 20 of oral care implement 1 generally comprises the plug-in unit 60 of substrate 40 and scopular, as the head plate of scopular.When assembling, as shown in Fig. 4 A, the plug-in unit 60 of scopular is arranged in the substrate 40, so that form one or more cavitys 50.

[0030] briefly, oral care implement 1 provides head 20, and this head 20 is configured as puts at least a oral care active agents, and described oral care active agents is used for being added to mouth to implement intended function.In one embodiment, one or more oral cavity nursing agents can be arranged in head 20 formed one or more cavitys 50.Cavity 50 one or more dispersible oral cavity nursing agents that can receive, keep and pack into.Cavity 50 these oral cavity nursing agents that can receive or pack into, described these oral cavity nursing agents are got liquid or semi-liquid form such as saturated gel; And get thin slice, " boiled goods " form of solid form such as slow dissolving, the powder of compression; Perhaps two kinds mixture is as being dispersed in the liquid in the sponge plastics.Cavity can also receive the oral care active agents of multiple variety of formats.In one embodiment, cavity 50 will receive and keep oral cavity nursing agent, till receiving scheduled volume or filling cavity.The composition of material and the size and dimension of cavity itself can change in the cavity, with the optimal transport of assurance to various useful oral cavity nursing agent.Be described in more detail as following, cavity 50 can be placed one or more oral cavity nursing agents for the treatment of dispersion during using oral care implement 1.

[0031] continue referring to Fig. 4 A, 4B and 5, substrate 40 comprises shell 41 and film 45.Shell 41 can so be shaped, so that easy to use in oral care implement 1.For the purpose of directly perceived, substrate 40 can be said to outer wall,

vertical wall

42,44,46 and the

horizontal wall

43,53 with shell 41.

Vertical wall

42,46,46 and

horizontal wall

43,53 can comprise shape, the design of elongated handle 10 and/or shell 41 according to oral care implement, the regulation of material is arranged to different configurations.Equally, substrate 40 can have the more or

less wall

42,43,44,46 and 53 of quantity, because the explanation of these walls is not restrictive and guiding, so that illustrated structure helps the assembling and the stability of head.The substrate 40 of head 20 can be simultaneously as a whole parts form handle 10.Alternatively, head 20 can be made parts, and these parts are as the part assembling of oral care implement 1.Head 20 each parts can connect or joint by many technology or by mechanical means, and above-mentioned many technology comprise ultrasonic bonding, laser weld, and above-mentioned mechanical means can also and discard head 20 dismountings.

[0032] shown in Fig. 4 A and 5, film 45 has the cavity side 48 and the outside 49.In these figure, cavity side 48 is these sides of film 45 direct adjacent cavities 50.Film can use different materials and structure configuration.For example, in the arrangement of weaving or molding, can utilize nylon, plastics or different filamentary materials.Film can be formed by long filament, generally is shaped or puts together into any pattern in the countless patterns.In addition, film 45 can be the flat, plastic spare that one or more holes or punching are generally arranged therein, so that make material can flow through this working of plastics.The porosity of film 45 can be regulated, so that the flow of the material that control is emitted from active insert.As shown in Fig. 4 A, one or more materials can flow through film 45 towards one or more directions.For example, material can flow to the outside 49 from cavity side 48, and flows in user's the mouth supply and use oral cavity nursing agent.Alternatively, film 45 can be shaped like this, so that material such as water or saliva or other activating agent 49 flow to cavity side 48 from the outside in the opposite direction.Exemplary flow arrow 145 shows aforesaid exemplary flow route.

[0033] although film 45 can be arranged in the general center on surface of substrate 40, this film 45 also can be arranged in the different parts or its different piece of head.Shell 41 centers on the neighboring of film 45, and can provide supporting member and/or stability to included film in the mouth between the operating period.Film 45 can forever or temporarily be fixed on the shell 41 with following method, and described method comprises fusing, bond, be clasped and like that.In addition, it is contemplated that various other configuration, because film can be shaped like this, so that it forms the whole basically second surface 24 of the head 20 of oral care implement.In this case, film can also be fixed on the shell 41 with in many mechanisms on its first side 48 or second side 49 any on being fixed to shell 41 its periphery edge place or replace being fixed to its periphery edge place on the shell 41.In addition, film 45 can be molded into handle 10 and head 20 with integral way.

[0034] at Fig. 4 A, in the configuration shown in the 4B and 5,

wall

42,43,44,46, with 53 be configured as and form projection and sidewall respectively, be used for placing each of substrate 61 of film 45, active insert 55 and tufted insert, so that they forever or temporarily are fixed together.If desired, can also utilize fixed part 118 as groove or suspender is guided and/or anchoring base 61 to the substrate 40 of head 20.Fixed part 118 can comprise practical set-up independent or that combine with adhesive substance.Fixed part can utilize different configurations.

[0035] referring to Fig. 4 A, 4B, 5,6A and 6B, wherein the plug-in unit 60 of scopular is depicted as intuitively and comprises substrate 61 and oral care elements 30, and this oral care elements 30 comprises cleaning of teeth element 35.Oral care elements 30 can be with various different fixations to head 20, and described distinct methods comprises mull technique, method of molding, fusion method, and mechanical Fixing Method, and this mechanical Fixing Method comprises no anchor cluster (AFT) technology.Here, oral care elements 30 is fixed in the substrate 61 of tufted insert 60.Substrate 61 can also comprise conduit 65, and this conduit 65 comprises one or more duck eyes, hole or passage, and any that is used to make various different materials (comprising oral cavity nursing agent) can both two-way flow between the outside 61 of cavity 50 and substrate 61.For example, be contained in substrate 61 that oral cavity nursing agent in the cavity 50 can pass the plug-in unit 60 of scopular and advance to oral care elements 30 on the outside 63.Equally, fluid can be in the opposite direction 63 passes substrate 61 and flows to cavity 50 from the outside.The illustrative example of this fluid can be the saliva in water or the user's mouth, and this water or saliva can be as the catalyst or the activators that are placed on the active material 55 in the cavity 50.

[0036] according to flow behavior, comprising flow velocity, particle size, solubility etc., conduit 65 can comprise various configuration, section shape and material.For the purpose of the explanation, conduit 65 can comprise hole or the pipe with circle, polygonal, irregular section for example, and/or also can form and have mesh, sieve or filter-type structure.Flow arrow 64 illustrates substrate 61 the flowing towards both direction that various different materials pass conduit 65 and more generally pass the plug-in unit 60 of scopular.Conduits configurations regulate, prevention limit or forbid flowing so that flow main or unique towards a direction with different degree generations, this direction is consistent with above-mentioned direction.For example, pass only flowing of substrate 61 and can be from the outside 63 flow to cavity 50, or (from cavity 50 to the outside 63) flows only in the opposite direction, perhaps as by flowing that film 45 or conduit 65 are controlled towards both direction.

[0037] plug-in unit 60 of scopular generally is shaped and is configured to shape alignment with substrate 40, so that these parts can be assembled together.Fig. 5 illustrates oral care implement 1 and the especially exploded view of head 20, and this head 20 has plug-in unit 60, cavity 50, active insert 55 and the substrate 40 of scopular.In order to make oral care implement, these elements shown in Figure 5 can assemble as shown in Figure 4.Although the order of assembling can change, it all is at the fixing of the plug-in unit 60 of scopular and substrate 40 or before being connected usually that active insert 55 is set in the cavity 50.In the difference configuration, these parts can forever or temporarily be fixed together.For example, oral care implement 1 can be filled again, and wherein active insert 55 or different active insert can be dismantled, insert again or replace.

[0038] form of many active insert 55 is arranged, it can be the soluble tablet of solid or be encapsulated in liquid in the enclosing cover (for example container) that a solubilized maybe can rupture.Active insert 55 can comprise oral care materials or oral care active agents.Some non-limitative examples of operable activating agent comprise antiseptic, brightening agent, anti-allergic agent, antiphlogistic, Antiadhesive, bacterial plaque indicator, flavorant, sensory agent, flavorants, the healthy agent of gum and colouring agent.The example of these medicaments (for example comprises the metal ion agent, the stannous ion agent, the copper ion agent, the zinc ion agent, the silver ion agent) triclosan, the triclosan monophosphate, chlohexidine, Alexidine, Hexetidine, sanguinarine, geramine, salicylanilide, Domiphen bromide, cetylpyridinium chloride, TPC, chlorination just-myristyl-4-ethylpyridine (TDEPC), Octenidine, decapinol, hot guanidine alcohol, streptococcus lactis peptide, the essential oil class, Furanones, bacillin, flavanoid, flavone compound, folic acid, vitamins, the mineral matter class, hydrogen peroxide, urea peroxide, SODIUM PERCARBONATE, PVP (PVP)-H ₂O ₂The polymer-bound peroxide, potassium nitrate, interlock (occluding) agent, bioactivity glass, arginine salt, arginine bicarbonate salt, bacalin, Polyphenols, ethyl pyruvate, guanidine ethyl disulphide, tartar controlling agent, antifouling composition, phosphoric acid salt, polyvinyl phosphonic acids, PVM/MA (methoxy ethylene-suitable-butylene succinic anhydride) copolymer; Enzyme, glucose oxidase, papain, cradin, ethyl lauroyl arginine, menthol, carvol and anethole, the aldehydes of various flavourings, ester class and alcohols, spearmint oil, wintergreen, sassafras oil, caryophyllus oil, sage oil, eucalyptus oil, marjoram oil, cinnamon oil, lemon oil, limette oil, oil of grapefruit, and/or orange oil.

[0039] oral cavity nursing agent and/or its medium can be selected, and as by coordination fragrance, color, aesthetics or active ingredient, replenish formulation of tooth-paste.Fragrance can dosing so that during brushing teeth, produce gradually flavor change, this single at present be impossible with toothpaste.Flavor change described here is with other sensorial variation, as the effective signal finished of the program of brushing teeth of indication.In one embodiment, can emit fragrance and work with the expression oral care elements just rightly, perhaps notation implement 1 has used up and has prepared to dispose or fill.Colouring agent can be added so that produce change color during use.Fragrance and/or color also can be used for sending the signal of another kind of benefit, as dental whitening or antibacterial action.

[0040] activating agent can be compatible with toothpaste, perhaps potentially unstable and/or react with typical toothpaste component.Activating agent also can be a tooth cleaner so that improve the overall efficiency of brushing teeth.

[0041] activating agent can any suitable carriers provide, as provide or get the form of gel or lotion with the aqueous solution.Carrier can have various different visible aesthetics, comprising limpid solution or gel or opaque solution or gel.The non-limitative example of carrier comprises water, unary alcohol such as ethanol, PEO class such as polyethylene glycols as the PEG 2M available from Union Carbide, 5M, and 7M, 14M, 23M, 45M, and 90M, the carboxymethyl polymer class is as available from B.F.Goodrich

934 and 974, and combination.Select suitable carriers apparent concerning the person skilled in art according to the performance of picture activating agent and performance such as these factors of viscosity of required medium.The example that dental whitening is formed is existing explanation in U.S. Patent No. 6770266 and 6669930, and the disclosure of above-mentioned patent is included in herein as a reference.

[0042] Table I illustrates and treat the cetylpyridinium chloride that disperses during the same with antiseptic the brushing teeth in cavity.

Table I

Composition	Weight %
Composition	Weight %	??Carbopol?974P	??2-5
??PEG?600	??10	??Carbopol?974P	??2-5
??PEG?600	??10	The blue #1 (1% aqueous solution) of FD﹠C	??0.5
Cetylpyridinium chloride	??20	The blue #1 (1% aqueous solution) of FD﹠C	??0.5
Cetylpyridinium chloride	??20	Water	In right amount

[0043] the Table II example illustrates the aforesaid implication of disperseing for the treatment of and protects the slowly composition of the wafer of dissolving of solid from cavity.

Table II

Composition	Weight %
Composition	Weight %	Hydroxyethylcellulose	??20
Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose	??30	Hydroxyethylcellulose	??20
Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose	??30	Propane diols	??10
Triclosan	??20	Propane diols	??10
Triclosan	??20	ZnG	??20

[0044] in a kind of structure, head 20 and/or substrate 40 can be shaped like this, so that can take out and/or change active insert 55 under the situation of not dismantling head 20.For example, on head, an opening can be set like this, so that existing active insert can be taken out and place new active insert under the situation of not dismantling head 20.In addition, may only need in front an active insert to be placed in the cavity after using up, not take out plug-in unit so may require only to add because replace active insert 55.After this manner, can be attached to the oral care implement design to the smaller opening that is used for only inserting new active insert 55.On the distal tip of head a slit can be set, this distal tip is according to the height sizing of cavity 50.Slit is perhaps salable maybe can lock, and opens during brushing teeth preventing.In the another kind structure, oral care implement can also be configured as disposable device, in case so that active insert 55 uses up, then device can discard.

[0045] for for the purpose of further illustrating, Fig. 6 A and 6B illustrate the representative configuration figure of the plug-in unit of scopular.The plug-in unit 260,360 of the scopular that each is exemplary all illustrates has conduit 265,365 and relative different configurations.As described, understand, can utilize many configurations, because Fig. 6 A and 6B are not limitative examples as the person skilled in art.In Fig. 6 A and 6B, tooth care elements 265,365 (for example, cleaning of teeth element) extends upward from the aperture of conduit 65.Cleaning element 265,365 has a hollow interior, this hollow interior form a chamber be used for active insert 55 and wherein activating agent become fluid communication.Oral care elements 265,365 can be used in any known elastomeric material that uses in the cleaning of teeth and form.Under this arrangement situation, denfifrice and/or activating agent the operating period of brushing teeth rest on oral care elements 265,365 near, be used for effective cleaning and flow to the tissue of mouth.For benefit comfortable and cleaning is provided, it is at Durometer A hardness 15-A35 that elastomeric material has hardness performance; Durometer A hardness 20-A30; Or in the scope of Durometer A hardness 25-28.As an example, a kind of elastomeric material is styrene-ethylene/propylene-styrene block copolymer (SEBS) of being made by GLS Corp..But, the SEBS material of producing by other manufacturing firm or within the above-mentioned hardness range or outside other material also can use.Oral care elements 265,365 can have desirable shape.Element 265 provides with the cylindrical shape arrangement.Element 365 can be the rectangle that elliptical shape or section have fillet.But, other shape also is feasible.

[0046] Fig. 7-12 illustrates other embodiment of oral care implement structure.Fig. 7 and 8 illustrates the perspective view of the head 20 of oral care implement, and this head 20 comprises substrate 40, the plug-in unit 60 of cavity 50 and scopular.Here, substrate 40 also comprises separator 141.Separator 141 is depicted as rectangular-shaped piece; Yet the member of difformity and section also can utilize.Separator 141 can be used the remaining part identical materials formation with substrate 40, and perhaps it can form with different materials.In addition, separator 141 can form the permanent parts of substrate 40 as in Unitarily molded method, perhaps forms the parts that detachably maybe can take out.

[0047] as shown in Fig. 7 and 8, separator 141 is divided into two

sub-chamber

50A and 50B with cavity 50, and these two

sub-chamber

50A and 50B are arranged in the head 20 on vertically.In a kind of structure, transverse separator 141 can comprise a plurality of members, thereby further cavity 50 is divided into some extra sub-chambeies.Separator 141 is depicted as at present has horizontal duct 165, and this conduit 165 can allow material pass through to arrive 50B from sub-chamber 50A, and vice versa, yet according to application, separator can be solid component or the member that does not have conduit connexon chamber 50A and 50B.For example, two sub-chambeies can separate fully.After this manner, can utilize member such as the solid member that does not have conduit 165.Fig. 8 illustrates the cavity 50 of placing a plurality of active insert as mentioned above 55.

[0048] Fig. 9 and 10 illustrates other embodiment of oral care implement structure.In this structure, separator 141 comprises the horizontal thin plate member, and this horizontal thin plate member is divided into two sub-chamber 50C and 50D with cavity 50.Here, the embodiment of each sub-chamber and Fig. 8 is opposite to be vertically to arrange, and aims in the vertical at Fig. 8

neutron chamber

50A and 50B.

[0049] Figure 11 and 12 illustrates a kind of alternative oral care implement structure.In this structure, the plug-in unit 460 of scopular also comprises separator 141, and described separator 141 is attached in the substrate 61 of plug-in unit of scopular or forms the part of this substrate 61.After this manner, when making head, cavity can be as mentioned above be divided into a plurality of sub-chambeies with respect to the arrangement of Fig. 7 and 8.This configuration provides the variant that can re-use or can fill again, and wherein a plurality of active insert 55 remain in the head 20 of oral care implement, and does not change head cavity simultaneously.This configuration provides the manufacture method of alternative oral care implement 1, so that have only the plug-in unit of scopular to have separator.Therefore, many oral care implements can be used the cavity manufacturing of opening wide, and do not have extra manufacturing cost.

[0050] various materials can be used to form head 20, and can comprise various commercial polymer any.In a kind of structure, oral care implement 1 usefulness polyethylene molding is made, and forms one or more inner chambers so during fabrication.Should be appreciated that, can utilize various material specifications, so that the oral care implement 1 with different favourable characteristics is provided, these favourable characteristics comprise cavity size, shape and gap.For example, oral care implement 1 can have some cavitys, and this cavity is transported to oral cavity nursing agent in user's the mouth under different rates.These speed can be for example controlled by contained oral cavity nursing agent, the shape of cavity 50, the degree of depth of cavity 50 and/or the characteristics of contained oral care active agents in the

outer surface

22,24,26 of the size of the surface area that exposes of each cavity 50 and head.

[0051] adjacent cavity 50 can be of different sizes, so that hold the oral cavity nursing agent of different amounts.As a result, oral care implement 1 can have different oral care active agents release features, described characteristics when be controlled at and with what every kind active agent delivery to the oral cavity.The character of material also may be influential to rate of release in the cavity.An advantage with two (or a plurality of) cavitys is that the different rates of release in the different cavitys provide novel process strategy or sensory impressions.For example, if oral cavity nursing agent is faster than discharging in cavity 50A, then can obtain positive continuous action in cavity 50B.If cavity 50A is equipped with the bacterial plaque dispersant, and cavity 50B is equipped with antiseptic, then this can be very favourable when the control total of total bacteria infects.If perhaps cavity 50A contains different fragrance or dense sensory agent with 50B, then their continuous release may provide the fragrance of change to the user.This fragrance changes to make brushes teeth happylier, perhaps can send the sufficiently long signal of brushing time to the user.

[0052] in a kind of structure, cavity 50 holds their predetermined medicaments, and head 20 can advantageously be used for disperseing or the delivering oral care activating agent in mouth.When fluid in cavity 50 contact openings and/or chemicals, activating agent can discharge from their cavitys 50 separately.In a kind of structure, activating agent can be immersed in the active insert material, and can be discharged in the mouth when brushing teeth.In the process of brushing teeth, water will contact with the activating agent in head 20 cavities 50 with chemicals.This will cause a process, and the oral cavity nursing agent that floods in this process will discharge in 20 internal cavities 50 from the head.In the cavity 50 of same head 20, use different oral care active agents to have the ability of benefit of synergism and the different treatment methods of treatment mouth disease are provided to the user.

[0053] as mentioned above, can make oral care implement 1 with various molding technologies.In addition, can provide oral care implement with various material specifications and parameter with various required characteristics.For example, at least one exemplary embodiment, oral care implement 1 can be made for permanent and use or discard after oral cavity nursing agent uses up.In this case, the cavity 50 of oral care implement 1 can begin to fill oral care active agents during the manufacturing.

Although the present invention is illustrated the specific embodiment that some comprise present enforcement optimal way of the present invention, those of ordinary skill in the art will understand that [0054] said system and technology have many changes and change.Therefore, the spirit and scope of the present invention should broadly be thought described in appended claims.

Claims

1. oral care implement comprises:

Head, this head comprises cavity and perforated membrane, described perforated membrane limits the border of cavity; And active insert, this active insert is arranged in the cavity, is used for being communicated with membrane fluid.

2. oral care implement as claimed in claim 1, wherein active insert comprises oral cavity nursing agent.

3. oral care implement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the oral cavity nursing agent that provides with solid, semisolid, liquid, gel or solvable structure is provided active insert.

4. oral care implement as claimed in claim 3, wherein active insert comprises a plurality of active insert.

5. oral care implement as claimed in claim 4, wherein a plurality of active insert comprise different oral cavity nursing agents.

6. oral care implement as claimed in claim 1, wherein head comprises the conduit that is communicated with the active insert fluid; And this conduit and film are oppositely arranged.

7. oral care implement as claimed in claim 6 also comprises a passage, and this passage extends from conduit, is used for being communicated with the active insert fluid.

8. oral care implement as claimed in claim 7, wherein passage comprises the cleaning element made from elastomeric material.

9. oral care implement as claimed in claim 7, wherein active insert comprises a plurality of plug-in units with different oral cavity nursing agents.

10. oral care implement as claimed in claim 1 also comprises a plurality of active insert that separated device member separates in cavity.

11. oral care implement as claimed in claim 10, wherein a plurality of active insert are vertically aimed in cavity.

12. oral care implement as claimed in claim 10, wherein a plurality of plug-in units are vertically aimed in cavity.

13. oral care implement as claimed in claim 10, wherein the separator member comprises conduit.

14. oral care implement as claimed in claim 1, wherein head comprises the plate with at least one cleaning element; This plate enclosed cavity.

15. oral care implement as claimed in claim 14, wherein plate comprises a member that is fixed on the cavity side, is used to separate a plurality of active insert.

16. oral care implement as claimed in claim 14, wherein plate is configured as and allows a part of active insert stretch out cavity.

17. oral care implement as claimed in claim 14, wherein plate comprises the conduit that is communicated with the active insert fluid.

18. oral care implement as claimed in claim 17, wherein at least one cleaning element comprises a chamber, and this chamber is communicated with the active insert fluid from the conduit extension.

19. oral care implement as claimed in claim 18, wherein cleaning element comprises elastomeric material.

20. oral care implement as claimed in claim 1, wherein active insert is replaceable.

21. oral care implement as claimed in claim 1, wherein active insert comprises one or more medicaments of selecting from following group, and this group comprises: antiseptic; Antiphlogistic; Antiadhesive; Brightening agent; Anti-cavity or enamel renovation agent; The breath freshening composition; The hemodia composition; Nutritional labeling; Tartar control or antifouling composition; Enzyme; The sensation composition; With spices or fragrance component; And various combinations.

22. oral care implement as claimed in claim 1, wherein active insert comprises one or more activating agents of selecting from following group, this group comprises: (i) antiseptic, this antiseptic are selected from the group that comprises chlohexidine, cetylpyridinium chloride, triclosan, zinc salt; (ii) brightening agent, this brightening agent is from comprising hydrogen peroxide, urea peroxide, SODIUM PERCARBONATE and PVP-H ₂O ₂Group in selected; The (iii) healthy activating agent of gum, the healthy activating agent of this gum is selected from the group that comprises polyphenol, triclosan, ethyl pyruvate and guanidine ethyl disulphide; (iv) nutritional labeling, this nutritional labeling are selected from the group that comprises vitamin, mineral matter and folic acid; (v) tartar is controlled and anti-fouling agent, and this tartar control and anti-fouling agent are selected from the group that comprises phosphate, polyvinyl phosphonic acids and PVM/MA copolymer; (vi) spices or fragrance component, this spices or fragrance component are selected from the group that comprises menthol, carvol, anethole, aldehydes, ester class, alcohols and spearmint oil, peppermint oil, wintergreen, sassafras oil, caryophyllus oil, sage oil, eucalyptus oil, marjoram oil, cinnamon oil, lemon oil, limette oil, oil of grapefruit or orange oil; (vii) anti-cavity composition, this anti-cavity composition is selected from the group that comprises sodium fluoride, sodium monofluorophosphate and stannous fluoride; (viii) antianaphylaxis components, this antianaphylaxis components are selected from the group that comprises stannous fluoride and bioactivity glass; (ix) colouring agent or other enamel; And (x) its various combinations.

23. oral care implement comprises:

Head, this head comprise cavity and become the scopular plate, the border of described scopular plate qualification cavity, and this plate has at least one hole; And active insert, this active insert is arranged in the cavity and is communicated with pore-fluid.

24. oral care implement as claimed in claim 23, wherein active insert comprises oral cavity nursing agent.

25. oral care implement as claimed in claim 23, wherein the oral cavity nursing agent that provides with solid, semisolid, liquid, gel or solvable structure is provided active insert.

26. oral care implement as claimed in claim 25, wherein active insert comprises a plurality of active insert.

27. oral care implement as claimed in claim 26, each in wherein a plurality of active insert all comprises different oral cavity nursing agents.

28. oral care implement as claimed in claim 23, wherein head comprises the film on the following border that limits cavity; Plate limits the top border of cavity, and active insert is communicated with membrane fluid.

29. oral care implement as claimed in claim 23 also comprises an elastomeric chamber elastomer from the hole extension.

30. oral care implement as claimed in claim 29, its lumen comprises cleaning element.

31. oral care implement as claimed in claim 23, wherein active insert comprises one or more medicaments, and these one or more medicaments are selected from following group, and this group comprises: antiseptic; Antiphlogistic; Antiadhesive; Brightening agent; Anti-cavity or enamel renovation agent; Tartar control or antifouling composition; Enzyme; The sensation composition; Spices or fragrance component; And various combinations.

32. oral care implement as claimed in claim 23, wherein active insert comprises one or more activating agents, these one or more activating agents are selected from following group, described group comprises: (i) antiseptic, this antiseptic are selected from the group that comprises chlohexidine, cetylpyridinium chloride, triclosan, zinc salt; (ii) brightening agent, this brightening agent is from comprising hydrogen peroxide, urea peroxide, SODIUM PERCARBONATE and PVP-H ₂O ₂Group in selected; The (iii) healthy activating agent of gum, the healthy activating agent of this gum is selected from the group that comprises polyphenol, triclosan, ethyl pyruvate and guanidine ethyl disulphide; (iv) nutritional labeling, this nutritional labeling are selected from the group that comprises vitamin, mineral matter and folic acid; (v) tartar is controlled or anti-fouling agent, and this tartar control or anti-fouling agent are selected from the group that comprises phosphate, polyvinyl phosphonic acids and PVM/MA copolymer; (vi) spices or fragrance component, this spices or fragrance component are selected from the group that comprises menthol, carvol, anethole, aldehydes, ester class, alcohols and spearmint oil, peppermint oil, wintergreen, sassafras oil, caryophyllus oil, sage oil, eucalyptus oil, marjoram oil, cinnamon oil, lemon oil, limette oil, oil of grapefruit or orange oil; (vii) anti-cavity composition, this anti-cavity composition is selected from the group that comprises sodium fluoride, sodium monofluorophosphate and stannous fluoride; (viii) antianaphylaxis components, this antianaphylaxis components are selected from the group that comprises stannous fluoride and bioactivity glass; (ix) colouring agent or other enamel; And (x) its various combinations.